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    A person's possession or enjoyment of any part of a government's dominions constitutes tacit consent to that government, obligating the person to obey its laws during such enjoyment.

    Social Contract
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    • 1.Every person who possesses or enjoys any part of the dominions of any government has expressed tacit consent to that government.
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    • 2.Tacit consent to a government creates an obligation to obey the laws of that government during the period of such possession or enjoyment.
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    • 1.Genuine consent requires a meaningful opportunity to withhold it, including a feasible exit option free of severe cost.
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    • 2.For most residents, emigration entails catastrophic sacrifice of livelihood, family, and cultural belonging, negating voluntariness.
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    • 3.An act performed under conditions of no reasonable alternative cannot constitute morally binding consent.
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    • 1.Hume observed that mere presence in a territory is an action explicable by countless motives entirely unrelated to political endorsement.
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    • 2.An action that does not specifically communicate political deference cannot be interpreted as consent without equivocating on what 'consent' means.
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    • 3.Deriving political obligation from ambiguous behavior collapses the distinction between de facto acquiescence and de jure legitimacy.
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    Social Contract

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    Social contract theory(Rousseau's main contribution to philosophy)
    The idea that people agree to form a society and accept certain rules and a government in exchange for protection and order, rather than living completely alone and free.
    dominions(as used in political philosophy)
    Territory or land that a government controls and rules over.
    obligating(as used in ethics and political philosophy)
    Creating a duty or responsibility that someone must fulfill.
    tacit consent(Lockean political philosophy)
    A form of consent that is valid when given to a proposal made by someone with the right to make it, and does not require the proposer to already hold constituted authority.

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    Locke famously appeals to the notion of tacit consent in order to accommodate special political obligations given his voluntarist commitment: “every man, that hath any possessions, or enjoyment, of any part of the dominions of any government, doth thereby give his tacit consent, and is as far forth obliged to obedience to the laws of that government, during such enjoyment, as any one under it” (64). A person gives tacit or implicit, as opposed to express or explicit, consent, when her consent is
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